r/adhdwomen • u/Mamahei2 • 1d ago

General Question/Discussion Do some of y’all have genetic ADHD?

Literally my mom, my sister, my niece, my nephew, and I all have ADHD as well as me and my mom having autism.

Edit: I’m more so talking about ADHD being a dominant trait (at least for my family)

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u/corey_ell 1d ago

it's a highly heritable thing!

my dad definitely has it, my paternal grandma has it, and my paternal grandpa we're pretty sure has autism. of my brothers and i, 2/3 are nuerodivergent - i have adhd with a smidge of the tism and my brother has audhd. 2 of my cousins on my dad side have autism as well.